Thu 25 Feb 2021 10.00 EST Last modified on Thu 25 Feb 2021 10.02 EST Sign up for the Guardian's Fight to Vote newsletter Happy Thursday, During the final week of Black History Month, I wanted to continue to look at the people who helped shape the Voting Rights Act, the powerful 1965 law that offered unprecedented protection for voting rights in America. As the country faces another surge of efforts to make it harder to vote, it’s a reminder of how hard Black Americans had to fight to gain and protect the rights to vote that are in place now. Last week, I wrote about Bloody Sunday, the March...